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Forrest County Schools
The Forrest County School District is a public school district with its headquarters in Hattiesburg, Mississippi (USA) It serves sections of Forrest County, including portions of Hattiesburg, Glendale, and Rawls Springs. Brooklyn is the largest community in the district. Schools *Grades 7-12 **North Forrest High School *Grades K-6 **North Forrest Elementary **Rawls Springs Attendance Center **Earl Travillion Attendance Center *Grades K-8 **Dixie Attendance Center **South Forrest Attendance Center Demographics 2006-07 school year There were a total of 2,506 students enrolled in the Forrest County School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 41.30% African American, 57.42% White, 0.84% Hispanic, 0.36% Asian, and 0.08% Native American. 56.5% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. Previous school years Accountability statistics See also *List ...
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg is a city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, located primarily in Forrest County, Mississippi, Forrest County (where it is the county seat and largest city) and extending west into Lamar County, Mississippi, Lamar County. The city population was 45,989 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, with the population now being 48,730 in 2020. Hattiesburg is the principal city of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area, Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Covington County, Mississippi, Covington, Forrest County, Mississippi, Forrest, Lamar County, Mississippi, Lamar, and Perry County, Mississippi, Perry counties. The city is located in the Pine Belt (Mississippi), Pine Belt region. Development of the interior of Mississippi by European Americans took place primarily after the American Civil War. Before that time, only properties along the major rivers were developed as plantations. Founded in 1882 by civil engineer William H. Hardy, Hattiesburg was na ...
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Forrest County, Mississippi
Forrest County is located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 74,934. Its county seat and largest city is Hattiesburg. The county was created from Perry County in 1908 and named in honor of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Forrest County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. Major highways * Interstate 59 * U.S. Highway 11 * U.S. Highway 49 * U.S. Highway 98 * Mississippi Highway 13 * Mississippi Highway 42 Adjacent counties * Jones County (northeast) * Perry County (east) * Stone County (south) * Pearl River County (southwest) * Lamar County (west) * Covington County (northwest) National protected area * De Soto National Forest (part) Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States ce ...
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Glendale, Mississippi
Glendale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. Glendale is approximately north of Hattiesburg on Mississippi Highway 42 and a part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Glendale had a population of 1,681. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ..., there were 1,681 people, 624 households, and 450 families residing in the CDP. References Census-designated places in Forrest County, Mississippi Hattiesburg metropolitan area {{ForrestCountyMS-geo-stub ...
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Rawls Springs, Mississippi
Rawls Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,202. Rawls Springs is approximately northwest of Hattiesburg near U.S. Route 49 and a part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. Rawls Springs is located on the former Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. A post office operated under the name Rawles Springs from 1905 to 1927. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,202 people, 686 households, and 505 families residing in the CDP. Notable person * Mercy Baby Julius W. "Jimmy" Mullins (March 12, 1930 – September 10, 1977), who performed and recorded as Mercy Baby, was an American blues and rhythm and blues musician. A drummer, singer and songwriter, he recorded in the late 1950s. He was born near R ..., blues musician References Census-designated places in Mississippi Census-designated ...
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Brooklyn, Mississippi
Brooklyn is a small unincorporated community in southern Forrest County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Brooklyn was settled in association with the construction of an early railroad in the area, the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. The town was originally called Bullis after one of the construction engineers. It was later renamed Brooklyn after one of the pioneer families. Brooklyn was once home to three pine lumber mills, multiple general stores, three drugs stores, and a grocery store. A school once operated in Brooklyn. A post office first began operation under the name Brooklyn in 1897. Two of the early settlers, John and Sam Perkins, ran the Perkins Merchandise store and Perkins Ferry on Black Creek. At that time, Black Creek was used to raft logs cut from the pine forests surrounding Brooklyn down to the trade center of Pascagoula. Geography Brooklyn is located at latitude 31.0562946, longitude -89.1861676 ...
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North Forrest Elementary
The Forrest County School District is a public school district with its headquarters in Hattiesburg, Mississippi (USA) It serves sections of Forrest County, including portions of Hattiesburg, Glendale, and Rawls Springs. Brooklyn is the largest community in the district. Schools *Grades 7-12 **North Forrest High School *Grades K-6 **North Forrest Elementary **Rawls Springs Attendance Center **Earl Travillion Attendance Center *Grades K-8 **Dixie Attendance Center **South Forrest Attendance Center Demographics 2006-07 school year There were a total of 2,506 students enrolled in the Forrest County School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 41.30% African American, 57.42% White, 0.84% Hispanic, 0.36% Asian, and 0.08% Native American. 56.5% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. Previous school years Accountability statistics See also *List ...
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List Of School Districts In Mississippi
This is a list of school districts in Mississippi. Alcorn County *Alcorn School District * Corinth School District Attala County * Attala County School District * Kosciusko School District Bolivar County *Cleveland School District *North Bolivar Consolidated School District *West Bolivar Consolidated School District Chickasaw County *Chickasaw County School District *Okolona Municipal Separate School District Clarke County * Enterprise School District *Quitman School District Coahoma County *Clarksdale Municipal School District * Coahoma County School District Copiah County * Copiah County School District * Hazlehurst City School District Forrest County * Forrest County Agricultural High School *Forrest County School District *Hattiesburg Public School District * Petal School District Hancock County *Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District * Hancock County School District Harrison County *Biloxi Public School District * Gulfport School District *Harrison ...
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